This report from Global Witness entitled, Coming Clean: How Supply Chain Controls Can Stop Congo's Minerals Trade Fueling Conflict highlights efforts by companies and Congolese officials to lay the foundations of a conflict-free minerals trade in the shadow of entrenched military control and impunity

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